The University of Arizona
About the Institute

People and Administration

Dr. Maurice Sevigny, Dean of the College of Fine Arts
Vicky Westover, Hanson Film Institute Program Director

Hanson Film Institute Industry Council
Scott Stuber, Producer, Stuber-Parent Productions, Founding Member and University of Arizona alumnus
John Kilkenny, Senior Vice President, Twentieth Century Fox, University of Arizona alumnus
Dennis Leoni, Producer, Writer, Director, Patagonia House Productions, University of Arizona alumnus
Steve Solot, Senior Vice President, Latin American Regional Office, Motion Picture Association

Hanson Film Institute Program Advisory Committee
Dr. Pat Aufderheide, Director, Center for Social Media, Washington, D.C.
Pearl Bowser, Scholar, New York, NY
Carlos A. Gutierrez, Co-Founder & Co-Director, Cinema Tropical, New York, NY
Tom Kiefaber, Owner/Operator, Historic Senator Theatre, Baltimore, MD
Brian Levant, Producer/Director/Writer, Los Angeles, CA
Scott MacDonald, Scholar, New York
Dr. Mark Crispin Miller, Professor, New York University, New York, NY
Linda Morgenstern, Independent Producer, Boston, MA
Stanley Nelson, Producer/Director/Writer, New York, NY
Peggy Parsons, Head, Department of Film Programs, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Elizabeth Weatherford, Head, Film and Video Center, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, New York, NY

Internship Liaison
Dr. Mary Beth Haralovich, Professor, School of Media Arts

2008-2009 Hanson Film Institute Planning Committee
Patrick Roddy, Chair, Producer-in-Residence, School of Media Arts
Larry Estes, Assistant Professor, School of Media Arts
Laura Gutierrez, Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Yuri Makino, Associate Professor, School of Media Arts
Barak Orbach, Associate Professor of Law, College of Law
Dr. Beretta Smith-Shomade, Associate Professor, School of Media Arts
Vicky Westover, Program Director, Hanson Film Institute

2007-2008 Hanson Film Institute Planning Committee
Patrick Roddy, Chair, Producer-in-Residence, School of Media Arts
Laura Gutierrez, Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Nicole Koschmann, Assistant Professor, School of Media Arts
Jennifer Jenkins, Associate Professor, Division Head, Film and Television Studies, School of Media Arts
Barak Orbach, Associate Professor of Law, College of Law
Vicky Westover, Program Director, Hanson Film Institute

2006-2007 Hanson Film Institute Planning Committee
Patrick Roddy, Chair, Producer-in-Residence, School of Media Arts
Dr. Greg Crawford, Assistant Professor, Economics, Eller College of Management
Dr. Price Fishback, Professor of Economics, Eller College of Management
Nicole Koschmann, Assistant Professor, School of Media Arts
Dr. Beretta Smith-Shomade, Associate Professor, School of Media Arts
Vicky Westover, Program Director, Hanson Film Institute

2005-2006 Hanson Planning Committee
Dr. Barbara Selznick, Chair, Associate Professor, School of Media Arts
Dr. Greg Crawford, Assistant Professor, Economics, Eller College of Management
Dr. Price Fishback, Professor of Economics, Eller College of Management
Michael Mulcahy, Associate Professor, School of Media Arts
Patrick Roddy, Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Media Arts
Lisanne Skyler, Assistant Professor, School of Media Arts
Dr. Beretta Smith-Shomade, Associate Professor, School of Media Arts
Vicky Westover, Program Director, Hanson Film Institute